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University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire

 Organization

Dates

  • Existence: 1971 - Present

Historical Note

With the merger of the Wisconsin State University System and the University of Wisconsin System, completed in 1971, the name of the institution was changed to the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire. A new academic building, the Richard E. Hibbard Humanities Hall, opened in 1974. In 1977, construction on a major addition to Davies Center was completed. In 1982, the Allied Health and Clinical Services Building on the north bank of the Chippewa River was completed. Construction of an addition to the Nursing Building was begun. The addition opened for occupancy in the summer of 1985. In recent years, the lower campus was transformed by the construction of the new W.R. Davies Student Center, completed in 2012; Centennial Hall, completed in late 2013 and occupied in early 2014; the renovation of Garfield Avenue along the Chippewa River on lower campus; the renovation and building of new residence halls on upper campus; and the demolition of Katharine Thomas and Putnam residence halls on lower campus in fall of 2022, to build a new Science and Health Sciences building to replace L.E. Phillips Science Hall.

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Found in 57 Collections and/or Records:

Academic Skills Center Records, 1977-2008

 Collection
Identifier: Archives Series 602
Summary

Materials consist primarily of records created by the Academic Skills Center and Andrea Gapko, a previous director, in the day-to-day administration of the Academic Skills Center. These records include annual reports, correspondence, and meeting notes, among other records.

Dates: 1977-2008

Adolph Maassen Agricultural Reformers and Farmers’ Union Collection, 1935-1937, 1963, 1966, 1968

 Collection
Identifier: University Historical Collection 298
Summary

Contains interviews with politicians that worked on the Rural Electrification Act (R.E.A.) during the Great Depression as well as notable members of the Farmers’ Union. Also contains notes for Adolph Ralph Maassen’s masters thesis in history, published in 1968, on the growth, development, and effect of the Rural Electrification Act Program in West Central Wisconsin.

Dates: 1935-1937, 1963, 1966, 1968

American Minority Student Leadership Conference Proceedings, 1984-1986

 Collection
Identifier: University Historical Collection 282
Summary

Booklets of conference proceedings for the American Minority Student Leadership Conference, held at UW-Stout, UW-Eau Claire, and UW-La Crosse, from 1984-1986. Booklets consist of papers given by minority students in the University of Wisconsin system regarding their experiences as students, athletes, and participants in the University of Wisconsin community.

Dates: 1984-1986

Building Dedication Programs Collection, 1916-2014

 Collection
Identifier: Archives Series 253
Summary Programs, brochures, correspondence and news articles pertaining to dedications of many of the buildings on campus, for the original buildings and additions to buildings. Information pertains to: Allied Health and Clinical Services Center (Human Sciences and Services); Campus School complex (education building, physical education building (Zorn Arena), campus school, Kjer Theatre);W.R. Davies University Center; Ecumenical Religious Center; Haas Fines Arts Center; Hibbard Humanities Hall;...
Dates: 1916-2014

Centennial Celebration Planning Committee Records, 2014-2020

 Collection
Identifier: Archives Series 606
Summary

Planning files of the Centennial Celebration Planning Committee, event timelines, budgets, promotional material, publications, and memorabilia documenting UW-Eau Claire’s Centennial Celebration prior to and during the 2016-2017 school year. Includes digital materials.

Dates: 2014-2020

Centennial Oral History Collection, 2012-2013

 Collection
Identifier: University Historical Collection 347
Summary

Oral history interviews conducted by students and staff, prior to the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire's Centennial in 2016. The interviews cover a wide range of topics related to the history of the school. Includes digital materials.

Dates: 2012-2013

Charlotte Goodner American Indian Artifacts Collection, 1870-1965

 Collection
Identifier: University Historical Collection 352
Summary

Native American (Menominee, Sioux, Seminole) artifacts, published writings, and photographs collected by Charlotte Goodner. Goodner lived in Shawano, Wisconsin, near the Menominee Indian Reservation, and collected the artifacts, which she donated to the university in 1961.

Dates: 1870-1965

Confluence Project Records, 2008-2020

 Collection
Identifier: University Historical Collection 376
Summary

Documents pertaining to the development of the Confluence Project, a large-scale downtown Eau Claire cultural redevelopment program focused around the Pablo Center, a performing arts venue.

Dates: 2008-2020

COVID Pandemic Response Collection, 2020-2022

 Collection
Identifier: Archives Series 608
Summary COVID-19 ephemera created and data collected by UW-Eau Claire during 2020-2022, including face masks, safety goggles, virus collection kit, medical gown, wall and floor signage, fact sheets, t-shirt “Smashed COVID with Tommy and Chancellor Jim” from the Smash COVID event Sept. 13, 2021, “Blugold Flight Plan” water bottle with information sheet, Digital Thermometer, and UW-EC mask inside water bottle (given to staff and students), and “I got my COVID-19 vaccine” button. Includes digital...
Dates: 2020-2022

Grace Walsh Papers, 1931-1994

 Collection
Identifier: Archives Series 551
Summary

The collection contains financial records, programs, reel-to-reel audio tapes, newspaper clippings, scrapbooks, awards, some correspondence, and other general files related to the forensics and debate programs at the University of Wisconsin--Eau Claire. Includes files created by and pertaining personally to Grace Walsh, a professor and director of speech and forensics from 1944-1980.

Dates: 1931-1994

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Eau Claire (Wis.) 29
Correspondence 16
University of Wisconsin—Eau Claire--Students 15
University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire--History 11
Chancellor 10
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Photographs 10
Student Organizations 10
Athletics 9
Faculty 9
Organization Files 9
Commencement 8
Publications 8
University Records 8
Audio recordings 7
Brochures 7
College Student Government--Wisconsin--Eau Claire 7
Meeting Minutes 7
Annual Reports 6
Campus School (Eau Claire, Wis.) 6
Interviews 6
Programs 6
Schofield Hall 6
University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire-Sports 6
Homecoming 5
Lower Campus 5
Newspaper clippings 5
Periscope 5
Staff 5
Student Housing--Wisconsin--Eau Claire 5
University of Wisconsin--Eau Claire--Alumni and Alumnae 5
University of Wisconsin--Eau Claire--Curricula 5
University of Wisconsin--Eau Claire—Administration 5
Art 4
Buildings 4
Committee Reports 4
Davies Student Center 4
Eau Claire (Wis.)–History 4
Financial Records 4
McIntyre Library 4
Posters 4
President 4
Putnam Park (Eau Claire, Wis.) 4
Student publications -- University of Wisconsin--Eau Claire 4
University of Wisconsin--Eau Claire--Faculty 4
Upper Campus 4
World War II 4
Artists Series 3
Basketball—Wisconsin—Eau Claire 3
Budgets 3
By-laws (administrative records) 3
Council Oak Tree 3
Dormitories--Wisconsin 3
Ephemera 3
Football 3
Haas Fine Arts Center 3
Hibbard Humanities Hall 3
McPhee Physical Education Center 3
Memorabilia 3
Music 3
Newspapers 3
Oral Histories 3
Schneider Social Science Hall 3
School of Nursing Building 3
Scrapbooks 3
Student Life 3
Student activities—Wisconsin—Eau Claire 3
The Forum Series 3
The Spectator 3
University of Wisconsin--Eau Claire--Buildings 3
University of Wisconsin--Eau Claire--Centennial Celebrations, etc 3
Viennese Ball 3
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 3
Winter Carnival 3
Accreditation (Education) 2
Administrative Records 2
Cabaret 2
Catalogs 2
Chippewa Valley, Wisconsin 2
Civil Liberties 2
College student newspapers and periodicals--Wisconsin--Eau Claire. 2
Debates and Debating--Wisconsin--Eau Claire. 2
Dulany Inn 2
Eau Claire County (Wis.) 2
Ecumenical Religious Center 2
Films 2
Footbridge 2
Forensics (Public speaking)--Wisconsin--Eau Claire. 2
Freshman Beanies 2
Handbooks 2
Hilltop 2
Indians of North America—Wisconsin. 2
Katharine Thomas Hall 2
Kjer Theatre 2
L.E. Phillips Science Hall 2
LGBTQ+ 2
Laboratory schools-Wisconsin-Eau Claire 2
Memorial Hall 2
Menominee Indians 2
National Council for Accrediation of Teacher Education 2
Native Americans 2
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